[CentOS] Accessing an external USB disk

Tue Jan 30 23:37:52 UTC 2007
Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com>

Marcin -

I found that it is automatically mounted under /media

Todd

Marcin Mazurek wrote:
> Todd Cary (todd at aristesoftware.com) napisał(a):
>
>   
>> I was able to remove the NTFS partition and repartition the HD as a type 
>> Linux (83).  Next I created the ext3 file system.
>>
>> If I reboot with the USB drive attached, the boot process hangs, however 
>> if I turn off the drive, boot and then turn it on, all is fine.
>>
>> # cat /etc/fstab
>>
>> shows the drive, but I am not sure how to use it for a backup nor do I 
>> know how to access it.  Any help would be appreciated.  The drive is 
>> /dev/sda1.
>>
>>     
>
>
> >From terminal You can do:
>
> mkdir /mnt/usb
> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
>
> and You will have Your stick in /mnt/usb
>
> After You finish Your work, You can
> umount /mnt/usb
>
> hth
>
>
>
>   

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